ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND HANDPIECE WITH ADJUSTABLE SYSTEM IMPEDANCE, AND METHODS OF OPERATING AN ENERGY-BASED MEDICAL SYSTEM TO TREAT TISSUE - Patent 1954208

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EP 1 954 208 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	26.07.2007

(43)	Date of publication:
	13.08.2008 Bulletin 2008/33

(21)	Application number: 06825481.2

(22)	Date of filing: 05.10.2006

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61B 18/14^(2006.01)

A61N 1/40^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2006/038894

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2007/047122 (26.04.2007 Gazette 2007/17)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

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Priority:

11.10.2005 US 725490 P
29.09.2006 US 537155

(71)	Applicant: Thermage, Inc.
	Hayward CA 94545 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	WYETH, Richard Discovery Bay, CA 94514 (US) BADER-EDDINE, Bellahsene San Mateo, CA 94402 (US) KANE, Mark, L. San Jose, CA 95124 (US)

(74)	Representative: Benson, John Everett
	J. A. Kemp & Co. 14 South Square Gray's Inn London WC1R 5JJ London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

(54)	ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND HANDPIECE WITH ADJUSTABLE SYSTEM IMPEDANCE, AND METHODS OF OPERATING AN ENERGY-BASED MEDICAL SYSTEM TO TREAT TISSUE